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Leviticus 19

Lev. 19:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt not go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
up and down as a talebearer
rakiyl (Hebrew #7400)
from 7402 a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
KJV usage: slander, carry tales, talebearer.
Pronounce: raw-keel'
f among thy people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
: neither shalt thou stand
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
against the blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
g of thy neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
: I am the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Prov. 20:19• 19He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. (Prov. 20:19)
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Ex. 23:7• 7Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked. (Ex. 23:7)

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tale-bearer.
Ex. 23:1• 1Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness. (Ex. 23:1)
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Psa. 15:3• 3He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour; (Psa. 15:3)
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Prov. 11:13• 13He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. (Prov. 11:13)
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Prov. 20:19• 19He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. (Prov. 20:19)
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Jer. 6:28• 28They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. (Jer. 6:28)
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Jer. 9:4• 4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander. (Jer. 9:4)
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Ezek. 22:9• 9In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness; (Ezek. 22:9)
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1 Tim. 3:11• 11The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:11)
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2 Tim. 3:3• 3without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good, (2 Tim. 3:3)
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Titus 2:3• 3that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right; (Titus 2:3)
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1 Peter 2:1• 1Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings, (1 Peter 2:1)
stand.
Ex. 20:16• 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Ex. 20:16)
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Ex. 23:1,7• 1Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.
 7Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked. (Ex. 23:1,7)
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1 Kings 21:10‑13• 10and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
 11And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
 12they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
 13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:10‑13)
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Matt. 26:60‑61• 60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward
 61and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it. (Matt. 26:60‑61)
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Matt. 27:4• 4saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see *thou* to that. (Matt. 27:4)
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Acts 6:11‑13• 11Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.
 12And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council.
 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; (Acts 6:11‑13)
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Acts 24:4‑9• 4But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.
 5For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;
 6who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, and would have judged according to our law;
 7but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took him away with great force out of our hands,
 8having commanded his accusers to come to thee; of whom thou canst thyself, in examining him, know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.
 9And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so. (Acts 24:4‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the lifed of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "blood."